The Law of Suffrage and Elections: Being a Compendium of Cases and Decisions Showing the Origin of the Elective Franchise, and Defining Citizenship and Legal Residence, Together with the Clauses of the State Constitutions Prescribing the Qualifications for Suffrage, and the Law Governing the Conduct of Elections in the Several StatesNaar, Day & Naar, printers, 1880 - 317 pagini |
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Pagina 6
... exercise of the elective franchise on account of race , color , or previous condition of servi- tude . From this it appears that the right of suffrage is not an attribute of national citizenship , but that exemp- tion from ...
... exercise of the elective franchise on account of race , color , or previous condition of servi- tude . From this it appears that the right of suffrage is not an attribute of national citizenship , but that exemp- tion from ...
Pagina 7
... exercise any power that is destructive of a republican form of government . Outside of these limitations , the whole power of determining who shall exercise the elective franchise in the states , whether in respect to state or national ...
... exercise any power that is destructive of a republican form of government . Outside of these limitations , the whole power of determining who shall exercise the elective franchise in the states , whether in respect to state or national ...
Pagina 8
... exercise of its admitted powers , congress may undoubtedly deprive the individual of the right to enjoy a right that ... exercising his right ; or a voter may be imprisoned for crime against the United States ; but it is a perversion of ...
... exercise of its admitted powers , congress may undoubtedly deprive the individual of the right to enjoy a right that ... exercising his right ; or a voter may be imprisoned for crime against the United States ; but it is a perversion of ...
Pagina 14
... not already [ 1828 ] a freeman of this state , shall be entitled to exercise the privilege of a free- man , unless he be a natural born citizen of this or some one of the United States , or until he shall 14 THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS .
... not already [ 1828 ] a freeman of this state , shall be entitled to exercise the privilege of a free- man , unless he be a natural born citizen of this or some one of the United States , or until he shall 14 THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS .
Pagina 20
... exercise that privilege until he be expressly restored thereto by act of the general assembly . Persons residing on lands ceded by this state to the United States , shall not be entitled to exercise the privil- ege of electors . The ...
... exercise that privilege until he be expressly restored thereto by act of the general assembly . Persons residing on lands ceded by this state to the United States , shall not be entitled to exercise the privil- ege of electors . The ...
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Pagina 252 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Pagina 283 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Pagina 36 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States ; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of the United States, or of the high seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning, nor while kept at any almshouse or other asylum at public expense ; nor while confined in any public prison.
Pagina 15 - Every male citizen of twenty-one years of age and upwards, excepting paupers and persons under guardianship, who shall have resided within the commonwealth one year, and within the town or district in which he may claim a right to vote, six calendar months next preceding any election of governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, or representatives, and who shall have paid...
Pagina 259 - Senator, and the person who receives a majority of all the votes of the joint assembly, a majority of all the members elected to both houses being present and voting, shall be declared duly elected. If no person receives such majority on the first day, the joint assembly shall meet at twelve o'clock meridian of each succeeding day during the session of the legislature, and shall take at least one vote, until a Senator is elected.
Pagina 16 - No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible to office under the constitution of this commonwealth, who shall not be able to read the constitution in the English language, and write his name : provided, hoicever, that the provisions of this amendment shall not apply to any person prevented by a physical disability from complying with its requisitions, nor to any person who now has the right to vote...
Pagina 68 - Laws shall be made to exclude from office, serving on juries, and from the right of suffrage, those who shall hereafter be convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, or other high crimes. The privilege of free suffrage shall be supported by laws regulating elections and prohibiting, under adequate penalties, all undue influence thereon from power, bribery, tumult, or other improper practice.
Pagina 288 - If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws; or for the purpose of preventing or hindering the constituted authorities of any State or Territory from giving or securing to all persons within such State or Territory the equal protection of the...
Pagina 283 - District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such inhabitant being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both...
Pagina 35 - State during the six months immediately preceding such election, and shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside.